When Did You Leave Heaven [Import]

Lisa Ekdahl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2006)
• Original Release Date: October 28, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: RCA Victor Europe
• Run Time: 42 minutes
• ASIN: B000003ETV
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,243 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too little Lisa, but a smooth jazz CD, May 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: When Did You Leave Heaven (Audio CD)

Fans of Lisa Ekdahl probably know her for her folksy style in Swedish (and I recommend anything she's done in Swedish wholeheartedly). This first English-language product is missing some of the key elements that attract listeners to her Swedish-language stuff, e.g. her excellent pitch flourishes and light accoustic guitar accompaniment, but this album is a stand-alone work anyway. Jazzier and less folksy in style, Lisa shows off her musical breadth here a bit.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The standards on the album deserve stronger delivery, September 9, 2000

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Serdar Karabati (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When Did You Leave Heaven (Audio CD)

I don't know anything about Lisa Ekdahl's singing except what this recording reveals. Apparently, Ms. Ekdahl is a pop singer and has decided to come up with an album with soul. However, most of the standards included here deserve depth and stronger delivery (Lush Life sounds really impotent in execution, for example). This CD, yes, might signify "a jazzy new direction for the artist" as the liner notes go, but it is certainly not "the Best of Contemporary Female Jazz Vocal" as some reviewers argue.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entrancing, August 7, 2002

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HiRez (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Did You Leave Heaven (Audio CD)

OK so I was seduced by her voice, but this is a beautiful album. It's not quite as strong as her other English-language CD, "Back to Earth" IMO, but it is nonetheless excellent...she's still expressive and sultry, and the backing trio is very very solid. If you want some background music while you read on Sunday morning in your flannel pjs, or while you decorate the Christmas tree, this is it. "Cry Me a River", "Lush Life", "Blame it on My Youth", and the title track are standouts. If I can't marry her, can I at least get her to make another CD with the Nordahl Trio? Please??